† stithlyadv.
Obsolete.
Strongly, stoutly, valiantly, severely, etc. (see the senses of stith adj.).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > valour > [adverb]
stithlya1300
valiantly?1507
valorouslyc1614
society > authority > strictness > [adverb] > severely or sternly
sternlyc897
stitha1000
sterna1175
foulc1275
stithlya1300
steevely1340
austerely?a1400
smartlya1400
unsternlya1400
sore1484
shrewdly1490
dourlya1500
severely1548
roundly1567
severe1599
fiercely1611
piquantly1691
the world > movement > absence of movement > [adverb] > in a stable manner > firmly (fixed)
stronglyeOE
fasteOE
stitha1000
hardOE
fastlyOE
steadfasta1300
stithlya1300
steevec1330
a-rootc1374
firmlyc1374
hard and fastc1380
sadc1380
sadlya1398
steadfastlya1400
stronga1400
stalworthlyc1440
solidatively?1541
hardfast1548
secure1578
sickera1586
solidly?1611
tighta1625
securely1642
steevely1790
inexcussably1816
tightly1866
the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adverb] > with violence or force
stithlya1300
strengthlya1400
sadc1425
enforcely1487
forcely?a1500
strainably1511
forcible1582
forceful1718
forcefullya1774
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [adverb]
sternlyc897
sharplyc900
stitha1000
hardlyOE
starklyOE
sterna1175
stithlya1300
hardilyc1300
ruggedlya1382
austerely?a1400
smartlya1400
unsternlya1400
acerbly?a1425
brussly1481
sore1484
shrewdly1490
dourlya1500
severely1548
roundly1567
severe1599
strictly1602
fiercely1611
Draconically1641
rugged1661
a1300 Cursor Mundi 2291 A wygur was mad wit his red, And command stithli til his men Als god þai suld it knau and ken.
c1325 Metr. Hom. (1862) 83 Sa stithelic igain him ras The fend, that him feld in place.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18933 Langage þat þai suld haf of ful knaulage To stand ai stitli for þe fai.
c1480 (a1400) St. George 940 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 203 Sa stythly Innuch can þai ficht.
c1480 (a1400) St. Thais 55 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 216 Þane til a chawmir stithly made,..quare-in al hyre tresoure wes.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. vii. 110 Syne stithlie in the sandis wpstandis he.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1240 He..stert vp stithly, straght out a swerde, And flange at the freike.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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